Chaya Mushka Hornstein

Rebbetizn Chaya Mushka Hornstein (Mussia; 5640/1880 - 5702/1942) was the daughter of the Rebbe Maharash and the wife of Rabbi Moshe Hornstein.

Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka (on right) and her husband R' Moshe (on left) Hornstein.

Life History

She was born in 5640/1880 as the youngest daughter to the Rebbe Maharash and Rebbetzin Rivka Schneerson. When the Rebbe Maharash passed away, she was a young girl, and therefore her match was arranged by the Rebbe Rashab since the Rebbe Maharash had passed away eight years earlier, as the Rebbe Rashab writes:

"For my sister tichye, we finalized the match with our mechutan Reb Zalman Hornstein... My brother the Raza and I met the groom and tested him in his learning and found him to be good and upright, and he is God-fearing, and we hope that he will also be a vessel to receive Chassidus."

She married Rabbi Moshe Hornstein on the 10th of Elul 5652/1892, and the couple moved to live near her brothers and brother-in-law. During that period, her husband managed a wood factory. Later, they moved to Annopol in Volhynia and in 5682/1922 to Warsaw, Poland.

During the Holocaust, she was taken together with her son and daughter-in-law to the Treblinka death camp. There, on the 14th of Elul 5702/1942, she was led to the crematoria and was killed al kiddush Hashem (sanctifying God's name).

Her Family

• Her son R' Shmuel Hornstein
• Her son R' Menachem Mendel Hornstein - married Rebbetzin Sheina, the youngest daughter of the Rebbe Rayatz
• Her daughter Sarah Lis
• Her daughter Leah Hornstein